Build //localhost Atlanta

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Join us for the Atlanta edition of Microsoft Build //localhost, a special community-led, hands-on event bringing Microsoft Build content into the local developer community.

We will not be meeting at our regular time this month. Instead, this special event will replace our normal monthly meetup and will include an expanded agenda with hands-on labs, demos, lunch, and time to connect with other developers.

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Developer Tools & Frameworks: From zero to deployed on Azure with AI agents
What happens when you let AI agents do the building? In this hands-on lab, you will go from an empty terminal to a deployed app on Azure using GitHub Copilot CLI and coding agents to help with scaffolding, coding, debugging, and deployment. You will also use Azure skills to provision resources and wire up services through natural language, without needing to work through the Azure portal.

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
Cloud Platform & Data: From rows to reasoning: Designing databases for AI apps and agents
AI applications and agents require data platforms designed for reasoning, not just transactions. This demo-rich session looks at the latest innovations in SQL Database and Cosmos DB, then builds an app on Azure HorizonDB, Azure’s cloud-native PostgreSQL service, to show how building AI apps directly in the database can simplify design and enable reasoning over operational data.

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Working with Models: Get Started with Models in Microsoft Foundry to Build AI Apps
In this hands-on lab, you will build a production-ready AI application using Microsoft Foundry, with no fine-tuning or deep machine learning expertise required. You will discover and select models, provision a Foundry project, connect to a hosted model using the OpenAI SDK, implement a comment moderation workflow, compare model outputs, and package the solution as a hosted agent using Python.

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
Lunch

12:45 PM – 1:30 PM
Agents & Apps: Build context-aware agents at scale with Microsoft IQ
High-performance agents are built on intelligence that brings together context, enterprise data, orchestration, and governance. This session covers how Foundry IQ, Fabric IQ, and Work IQ provide the enterprise intelligence layer for AI agents, including how agents can search organizational knowledge, reason over business data, and operate with awareness of people and work signals.

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Responsible AI: Observability for AI agents on any framework
Nondeterministic, multi-agent systems break traditional monitoring. As agents move into production, developers need observability built into the workflow, not bolted on after failures. This session explores tracing, evaluation, inner-loop and outer-loop observability, context-specific evals, and always-on signals that connect agent behavior to business outcomes.

Microsoft Build //localhost is a global series of community-led, hands-on, in-person learning events designed to extend Microsoft Build content into local technical communities.

Hosted between June 4–26, 2026, each event includes demos, hands-on labs, and opportunities to connect with fellow developers.